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Choucas Harness
Feathered Friends · Seattle, WA

Choucas Harness

$69.95

Climbing Harness

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Feathered Friends

Town

Seattle, WA

Category

Climbing

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Made in Seattle, WA by an indie down & rain gear maker. Premium down sleeping bags and jackets made in Seattle since 1972.

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This new updated version of the Blue Ice Choucas Harness is a classic lightweight mountaineering design.  Great for many particular mountaineering and ski mountaineering adventures where the risk of a fall is low and rappelling will be minimal, but you still want to rope up for safety.  Designed for basic to moderate glacier travel and snow climbs, and technical scrambles and moderate alpine rock routes with only a short rappel or two involved. (Please be aware that this style of harness can be problematic for full-on nature calls as there is no drop seat buckle in the back and the leg loop...